The old man knew he was going far out and he left the
smell of the land behind and rowed out into the clean early morning smell
of the ocean. He saw the phosphorescence of the Gulf weed in the water as
he rowed over the part of the ocean that the fishermen called the great well
because there was a sudden deep of seven hundred fathoms where all sorts of
fish congregated because of the swirl the current made against the steep walls
of the floor of the ocean.

The Old Man and the Sea,
Ernest Hemingway

Almost everyone enjoys seafood. But the cost of our favorite
dishes is rising fast. Today,
overfishing and destructive fishing practices
threaten millions of jobs, global food security, and the health of the marine
environment. At least 60 percent of the world's 200 most valuable fish species
are overfished or fished to the limit. Eleven of the world's 15 most important
fishing areas are in decline. Even the remote, windswept Southern Ocean around
Antarctica is no longer safe from rapacious and illegal fishing.